Job Description : The University of Pretoria regards itself as a research intensive university. Hence, it is seeking candidates who will make a significant contribution to its research endeavour. As part of an initiative by the Association of Commonwealth Universities, the University of Pretoria has made funds available for two doctoral scholarships for students coming from Commonwealth Countries (excluding South African students). This scholarships will be known as the University of Pretoria Commonwealth Doctoral Scholarship , which will be awarded on a competitive basis.

The University of Pretoria has established a reputation for academic excellence, particularly in relation to some of its major research activities. Information about these research activities can be obtained from the website of the University (http://web.up.ac.za/default.asp?ipkCategoryID=1630) and from the 2008 Research report (http://web.up.ac.za/research/2008/).

Closing date for application: 30 April 2010

Value of Doctoral Scholarship

The value of this Scholarship will be R 100,000 (±£ 6,873) per annum.

Documents:

Please select this link for detailed information about this award:
http://web.up.ac.za/default.asp?ipkCategoryID=13121

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Contact address : Mr Ruan Dippenaar
Client Service Centre
University of Pretoria
Lynnwood Road
Pretoria
0002

Tel: +27 (0)12 420 5108
Fax: +27 (0)12 420 2605
Email: ruan.dippenaar@up.ac.za

Mrs Misiwe Moloi
Client Service Centre
University of Pretoria
Lynnwood Road
Pretoria
0002

Tel: +27 (0)12 420 5139
Fax: +27 (0)12 420 2605
Email: misiwe.moloi@up.ac.za

£27,319 – £35,646 pa

Limit of tenure: 30 September 2012

Full details on the project and how to apply are available on our websites www.african.cam.ac.uk or www.hps.cam.ac.uk

Closing date: 12 March 2010.

Interview date: 21 April 2010.

The University values diversity and is committed to equality of opportunity.

Leadership and Advocacy for Women in Africa (LAWA) Fellowship Program

Application for 2010-2011 Fellowship Year

Application Deadline: Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Goals of the Leadership and Advocacy for Women in Africa (LAWA) Fellowship Program

1. Provide a unique opportunity for African lawyers to learn about legal, public policy, and human rights issues affecting women;
2. Expose African lawyers to different legal, leadership and advocacy skills that may be implemented or adapted for use in their home countries to advance women’s human rights;
3. Expand the pool of lawyers in Africa who are concerned with laws and public policies affecting African women, and whose skills enable them to advocate more effectively for women’s human rights in their home countries;
4. Forge new links between those working on the similar women’s human rights issues in Africa and Washington, DC, consciously coordinating efforts and sharing information;
5. Enable African lawyers to perform meaningful work during the Fellowship with public interest organizations in Washington, DC;
6. Demonstrate to women’s rights lawyers the intimate connection between policy-making and lawyering;
7. Contribute to the crucial work being done in African countries to improve the status of women;
8. Increase the understanding of women’s rights as legal and public policy issues of equal importance to women and men;
9. Spark effective research, writing and advocacy initiatives to improve enforcement of laws and regulations designed to improve the status of African women; and develop a forum for leaders and other prominent policy makers in Washington, DC, to address legal, public policy, and human rights issues relating to African women.

Further Scholarship Information and Application

LAWA Application LAWA FAQs

Women’s Law and Public Policy Fellowship Program

Georgetown University Law Center
600 New Jersey Ave NW, Suite 336
Washington, DC 20001

[Erasmus mundus-ifgi] Call for applications – scholarships for MSc in Geospatial Technologies and MSc in Geoinformatics (specific countries)

With the support of the North-Rhine-Westphalian Ministry for Innovation, Science, Research and Technology (MIWFT), the Institute for Geoinformatics offers
1. Five scholarships for the MSc program in Geoinformatics (4 semesters, start October 1, 2009)
2. Two partial scholarships for the MSc program in Geospatial Technologies (3 semesters, start September 4, 2009) for nationals of the following countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, China (P.R.), Costa Rica, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Uruguay.

The scholarships include
1. Tuition waiver for all semesters
2. Scholarship: 850 € per month (not for the first semester in Spain or Portugal (September 4, 2009 – February 28, 2010) in the MSc in Geospatial Technologies)
3. Support health insurance: 70 € per month (not for the first semester in Spain or Portugal (September 4, 2009 – February 28, 2010) in the MSc in Geospatial Technologies)
4. Support travel costs according to real costs: up to 1.000 € for a flight to/from Europe before starting/after finishing the program and up to 1.000 € for one home flight to/from Europe in between.

Application deadline: July 31, 2009* Further information: http://ifgi. uni-muenster. de/scholarships
* Flyer scholarship MSc Geospatial Technologies: http://ifgi. uni-muenster. de/images/ documents/ flyer_miwft_ mundus.pdf
* Flyer scholarship MSc Geoinformatics: http://ifgi. uni-muenster. de/images/ documents/ flyer_miwft_ geoinformatics. pdf

Dr. Christoph Brox, broxc@uni-muenster. de

Dr. Christoph Brox
Institute for Geoinformatics (ifgi)
University of Muenster
Weseler Strasse 253
D-48151 Münster
Phone: +49 (0)251 8334721
Fax: +49 (0)251 8339763
http://ifgi. uni-muenster. de/

PhD Scholarship from Microsoft

The PhD Scholarship Programme recognises and supports exceptional students who show the potential to make an outstanding contribution to science and computing. This programme supports PhD students in computing and those working at the intersection of computing and the sciences.

Application deadline: 16 September 2009
Applications must be complete and received by the announced deadline to be considered. Proposals received after this deadline will not be considered.
Notification of results: December 2009

Eligibility Criteria

• Only PhD supervisors should apply. If their project is selected, the supervisor has up to a year to find the best possible student for the project. Joint applications by two supervisors from different disciplines are especially encouraged.

• We usually consider only one application per university department or per laboratory of a national research institution.

• Only applications from countries in Africa, Europe, and the Middle East will be considered. Some additional criteria apply in some of these countries. See Country-Specific Application Guidelines at the website given below

• Only applications in research areas relatively close to the ones researchers at Microsoft Research in Cambridge focus on will be considered. These areas are:

o Computational Science
o Computer-Mediated Living
o Constraint Reasoning
o Machine Learning and Perception
o Online Services and Advertising
o Programming, Principles, and Tools
o Systems and Networking

Application

Unless otherwise specified, applications may only be submitted through the online application toolat https://cmt.research.microsoft.com/MSRPhDScholarship2009/Default.aspx.

For more information visit the website

Who else wants to win the New Skill Development Concept(NSDC) Scholarship Award to study in united kingdom for a whole academic year?

You could be among the next 12 Candidates who will be awarded a Scholarship to study in United Kingdom for September 2009.

•  Are you aged between 16 and 45 years?
• Do you have at least 1year work experience?
• Have you got some form of Qualifications?

If yes,then you may qualify for a scholarship to study in United Kingdom.

Explore your potential,Study in any United Kingdom academic institution with Sponsorship .
A lot of great brains are dying because they have no opportunity or required training and exposure they need for both personal and social development. That is why NSDC was set up to hunt and fund the best brains.

Criteria for selection

1.  Qualification Required -Must have a minimuim qualification like GCSE/GCE or Other Equivalents.Other qualifications like Certificates,Diploma,Degree or Masters are acceptable
2. Age Range- Must be between 16-45 years
3. Work Experience - You must have some sort of work experience to qualify.
4. Essay/Future project proposal - you will be required to write a future project proposal.
5. Application Fee - an application fee of £37.00 applies.(application can only be done online)

Scholarship Application Deadline for Academic year 2009/10 ends July 31 2009

APPLY NOW!
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The Capacity Strengthening unit (CaSt) of ILRI is designed to build and strengthen the scientific knowledge and technical capacity of scientists, educators, technicians, policy makers and other relevant stakeholders in the livestock innovation systems in developing countries. ILRI’s Capacity Strengthening activities are research based. The institute offers individual and group training courses. Support to Post Graduate training is one of the key components of the programme.

ILRI with the generous funding support from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) is offering five Ph.D scholarships for Livestock Researchers from the sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries. ILRI invites applicants from young African scientists based at the research and learning institution. The priority research themes are:

• Climate change, impacts and adaptation
• Livestock, environment and sustainability
• Emerging diseases, impacts and human health
• Market access, value chain analysis and SPS
• Risk, vulnerability and sustainability of pastoral systems
• Animal genetics resources and breeding
• Smallholder livestock intensification and implications
• Monitoring, Evaluation and Impact Assessment of Livestock Research and Development

The fellowship is only awarded for a maximum period of three years. Female candidates are encouraged to apply.

Minimum requirements for eligibility:

• First degree with a second class upper division in agriculture, animal production any related subject
• M.Sc degree in a livestock related discipline
• Currently based at a research or an academic institution in SSA
• Already registered or in the process of registering for a PhD degree in a regional university
• The candidate may not exceed the age limit of 36 years by June 2009
• Only candidates of Sub-Saharan African countries, excluding Kenyan nationals,
  are eligible for this scholarship

The grantees are expected to register in one of the regional universities. The scholarship will cover the stipend, tuition fees and other related costs up to a maximum of USD 12,600.00 per year.

Financial Obligations-

DAAD’s funding will consist of a flat rate of US dollars 12,300 per student per year. This will cover stipend. Tuition fees and other related costs .

Application Procedure.

Please note that the application should include:
Originals of the certified copies of all degree certificates including transcript and a research proposal with detailed research work plan on a quarterly basis. The completed application form with the relevant attachments should be forwarded to:

P. Anandajayasekeram
Manager, Capacity Strengthening
(CaSt) International Livestock Research
Institute, ILRI
P.O.Box 5689
Addis Ababa
E-mail:
WWW.ilri.org

Or
Purvi Mehta-Bhatt
Capacity Strengthening Officer
International Livestock Research
Institute
P.O.Box 30709
www.ilri.org

Daedline

19th June 2009.

Incomplete applications or applications that reach ILRI after the above mentioned deadline will not be considered. Only short listed candidates will be notified by the end of June 2009.

Source http://www.fara-africa.org/media/uploads/File/Announcements/Post-Graduate%20Fellowship.pdf

The Capacity Strengthening unit (CaSt) of ILRI is designed to build and strengthen the scientific knowledge and technical capacity of scientists, educators, technicians, policy makers and other relevant stakeholders in the livestock innovation systems in developing countries. ILRI’s Capacity Strengthening activities are research based. The institute offers individual and group training courses. Support to Post Graduate training is one of the key components of the programme.

ILRI with the generous funding support from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) is offering five Ph.D scholarships for Livestock Researchers from the sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries. ILRI invites applicants from young African scientists based at the research and learning institution. The priority research themes are:

• Climate change, impacts and adaptation
• Livestock, environment and sustainability
• Emerging diseases, impacts and human health
• Market access, value chain analysis and SPS
• Risk, vulnerability and sustainability of pastoral systems
• Animal genetics resources and breeding
• Smallholder livestock intensification and implications
• Monitoring, Evaluation and Impact Assessment of Livestock Research and Development

The fellowship is only awarded for a maximum period of three years. Female candidates are encouraged to apply.

Minimum requirements for eligibility:

• First degree with a second class upper division in agriculture, animal production any related subject
• M.Sc degree in a livestock related discipline
• Currently based at a research or an academic institution in SSA
• Already registered or in the process of registering for a PhD degree in a regional university
• The candidate may not exceed the age limit of 36 years by June 2009
• Only candidates of Sub-Saharan African countries, excluding Kenyan nationals, are eligible for this scholarship

The grantees are expected to register in one of the regional universities. The scholarship will cover the stipend, tuition fees and other related costs up to a maximum of USD 12,600.00 per year.

Financial Obligations-

DAAD’s funding will consist of a flat rate of US dollars 12,300 per student per year. This will cover stipend. Tuition fees and other related costs .

Application Procedure
Prospective candidates are expected to apply using the attached form. The closing date  for application is 19
th June 2009.

Please note that the application should include:
Originals of the certified copies of all degree certificates including transcript and a research proposal with detailed research work plan on a quarterly basis. The completed application form with the relevant attachments should be forwarded to:

P. Anandajayasekeram
Manager, Capacity Strengthening
(CaSt) International Livestock Research
Institute, ILRI
P.O.Box 5689
Addis Ababa
E-mail:
WWW.ilri.org

Or
Purvi Mehta-Bhatt
Capacity Strengthening Officer
International Livestock Research
Institute
P.O.Box 30709
www.ilri.org

Incomplete applications or applications that reach ILRI after the above mentioned deadline will not be considered. Only short listed candidates will be notified by the end of June 2009.

Further Scholarship Information and Application (PDF)

Eligibility

• Any final-year student who has completed his/her Masters thesis with distinction (80% or higher or a Dutch rating of at least 8  )can apply. Any thesis thematically related to socio-geographical, economic, political, juridical or anthropological issues or focusing on the humanities such as history, religion and literature (but with the exception of language and/or semiotic studies) can be submitted.
• The thesis must be socially relevant and can be be written in English, French or Dutch.

The award consists of a price of 1000 euros. The winning thesis will also be published in the ASC African Studies
Collection.

Application

For details visit http://www.ascleiden.nl/Research/Award/

Deadline:

16 June 2009

More information: ASC’s website:
http://www.ascleiden.nl/Research/Award/

In French:
http://www.ascleiden.nl/Research/Award/MastersThesisAward-FR.asp

These scholarships are offered under the research project “EOIA: An Earth Observation? and Integrated Assessment approach to the Governance of Lake Naivasha” is funded by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research under the WOTRO ?Global Science for Development Programme.

The project will be implemented jointly by Egerton University (Kenya), and the International Institute of Geoinformation Science and Earth Observation (ITC, The Netherlands) and the University of Twente (The Netherlands). Collaborating partners are the University of Nairobi (Kenya), University of Leicester (UK) and the University of Bournemouth (UK). The main stakeholders in the project are Water Resources Management Authority (WRMA), Lake Naivasha Growers Group (LNGG), Lake Naivasha Riparian Organisation (LNRA), World Agroforestry Center (ICRAF) and the World Wildlife Fund ? East Africa Regional Programme Office (WWF?EARPO), all based in Kenya.

The research aims at enhancing sustainability in management of water resources and the environment using Lake Naivasha as a pilot case and adopting Integrated Assessment approach to generate lessons and best practices which can be replicated in other catchments in Kenya and in the East Africa region. Major inputs to the assessment include participatory processes and physical and economic models combined with data derived from remote sensing techniques.

In the framework of this project 5 PhD candidates will be recruited for the following projects.

1. Quantifying the effect of landuse change in upper catchments of Lake Naivasha on water quantity and quality of the Lake ? Tenable at ITC/Twente

2. Impact of exogenous and endogenous changes on limnology, fisheries and piscivorous birds – Tenable at Egerton University Kenya

3. Hydrological impacts on terrestrial fringe biodiversity?Tenable at ITC/Twente

4. Water governance – Tenable at University of Nairobi

5. Socio?economic linkages – Tenable at ITC/Twente

For a detailed description of the project interested candidates may consult www.itc.nl/EOIA

The project also offers 1 Post Doctoral Position

The candidate for this position will take up the challenge to integrate the results from the five subprojects and build the Integrated Assessment framework. Applicants, not necessarily African, with a strong background in multidisciplinary modelling and systems integration may contact the PI’s /coordinators on this position.
Requirements and modalities.

The positions 1, 3 and 5 are PhD positions for 4 years at ITC with a Doctoral Degree awarded by the University of Twente.

Position 2 entails a PhD position for 4 years at Egerton University with an internship at ITC. Doctoral degree awarded by Egerton University.

Position 4 entails a PhD position for 4 years at University of Nairobi with an internship at ITC. Doctoral degree awarded by University of Nairobi.

Candidates should be nationals of East Africa and hold a Master of Science/Arts degree from a recognized university. All candidates will spend approximately two years in the Netherlands and two years in Kenya and are co?supervised by the research consortium. Candidates who are below 45 years are preferred. Female candidates are encouraged to apply.

From all candidates a broad and multidisciplinary attitude is required.

Candidates for position 1,2,3 should have a strong background in Engineering and Environmental Sciences, and preferably with knowledge of modeling and earth observation as well as earth sciences.

Candidates for position 4 should have a strong background in (environmental/ecological) economics.

Candidates for position 5 should have a strong background in public policy and administration, and capable of closely collaborating with more technical and economic researchers.

Candidates have a period of 6 month to fully develop their research proposals and qualify for the graduate programme.

The appointment will be for a period of four years and the fellowship awarded to the successful candidates comprises:

• Medical insurance.
• Waiver of tuition fees.
• Limited resources for research materials and logistics.
• Monthly Personal Maintenance Allowance
• While at ITC

All candidates interested in the announced positions have to apply online at http://www.itc.nl/research/phd/graduate_registration_application.aspx

The closing date of the application is 15 June 2009.

ONLY shortlisted applicants will be invited for an interview either in Kenya or by teleconferencing.

Further information can be obtained from the PI’s: veen@itc.nl or mathookoj@yahoo.com / Coordinators: becht@itc.nl or jonyando@yahoo.com